Characterization of a mercury-reducing Bacillus cereus strain isolated from the Pulicat Lake sediments, south east coast of India

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-211

  Kannan, Seralathan Kamala ^a   Mahadevan, Subramony ^b   Krishnamoorthy, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Heavy metals; Horizontal gene exchange; Mercury reduction; Pulicat Lake

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME; GENE SEQUENCE; INDIA; LAKE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644781891     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0088-6     Document Type: Article

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